Exodus 22:20
He that sacrifices to any gods but to the Lord alone, shall be destroyed by death.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
In Context
19Every one that lies with a beast you⌃ shall surely put to death.
21And you⌃ shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for you⌃ were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:33And if there should come to you a stranger in your land, you⌃ shall not afflict him.
Numbers 25:2And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols.
Deuteronomy 10:18executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 17:2And if there should be found in any one of your cities, which the Lord your God gives you, a man or a woman who shall do that which is evil before the Lord your God, so as to transgress his covenant,
Deuteronomy 23:8If sons be born to them, in the third generation they shall enter into the assembly of the Lord.
Joshua 23:15And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon us which the Lord God will bring upon you all the evil things, until he shall have destroyed you from off this good land, which the Lord has given you,
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:17-25
16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22… Read the whole commentary →